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From: phoenix@ms.uky.edu (R'ykandar Korra'ti)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: Power...
Message-ID: <16448@s.ms.uky.edu>
Date: 29 Nov 90 03:04:32 GMT
References: <5917@crash.cts.com>
Reply-To: phoenix@ms.uky.edu (R'ykandar Korra'ti)
Organization: El'n'tk National Spaceport, Mission Control
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In article <5917@crash.cts.com> jlee@pnet01.cts.com (James Lee) writes:
>Will my Amiga 500 last if
>I left the power on?
     I haven't had any problems leaving my Amiga (lorbit.UUCP, a.k.a.
uunet.uu.net!ukma!lorbit) on for really extended periods of time - like
the last four or five months or so. (I also run a BBS as well as UUCP
site. So far, though, users can only read news - not post. I'm working
on software for it, and - yes, dambit - I'll make sure only non-goofballs
have write access). I _have_ had a hardware failure, but that was static
(first time I've ever been bitten in 13 years of playing with computers!)
that hit while the system was off!
     Of course, I have a separate power supply (XT type) and that _does_
have a fan. But the A500 has done fine without one by itself. Oh, if your
house gets unusually hot - we have air conditioning - you might have a
problem in the summer.
                                               - R'ykandar.
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          R'ykandar Korra'ti | Editor, LOW ORBIT Science and Fiction
             "I hate you, you timepiece from Hades." - Plucky Duck
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